Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Fabales → Fabaceae Lindl. → Aotus Sm. → Aotus prosacris Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
Prostrate shrub, to 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange, Sep. White sand,cream sand over laterite. Flats.
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Mallee.
IBRA Subregions: Eastern Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Esperance.
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, continuous with stem, 7.5-9 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 4-5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-11.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8-9 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7-8 mm long, not auriculate, keel 7-8 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 6-7.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 6.5-7 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Flowers in September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).
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